One genre that tends to have a lot of freeware games is the Interactive Fiction genre as since the 1990s, the genre hasn't been as commercially viable. An annual contest for shorter works generally turns up at least two or three genuinely excellent examples of freeware Interactive Fiction games.

There are several websites dedicated to covering and hosting freeware games:

FreeIndieGam.es features freeware games as well as web games. Sadly, it no longer updates, but the archive is being maintained as of this writing.

liberatedgames.com is a site for formerly commercial games that are now available for free. (Technically, not all of them are distributable; some may be downloaded for free, but only from the original company.)

Indiegames.com: The Weblog is a regularly updated blog that informs about indie video games. While not all indie games are free, many of them are.

For those of you who have no idea what games to choose, this guide◊ presents some of the best voted on by /v/* (Important note: Bunny Must Die! Chelsea and the 7 Devils is absolutely not freeware; there was a misconception of people believing the game was free when it was pirated on the Internet and the lack of understanding how most doujin games are released. The game's page can point you to where you can find the English version of the game localized by Rockin' Android legitimately). Fair warning: Not all of these games run on all operating systems. A longer list (with descriptions) can be found at their wiki.

If the game advertises itself as free but is only partly free (for instance, by requiring payment to access high-tier abilities or equipment), the game is an Allegedly Free Game. If the game's developers have forgotten about it or vanished entirely, but its exact legal standing is still questionable, it may be Abandonware. If it was made after an existing game, it's a Fan Remake or Fan Sequel (not all of them are free games proper, what with game mods using commercial engines).

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